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United States and New York
State History –Intermediate
Social Studies Test
Wednesday and Thursday
June 1 and 2
The exam has three parts.
Part 1-45 Multiple Choice
Questions
Part 2-Constructed Response
Part 3-Document-Based Question
with Scaffolding
There are 11 Units that the questions
will address
123456-
Prior to 1500
Exploration and Colonization
A Nation Created
Experiment in Government
Life in a New Nation
Division and Reunion
7- An Industrial Society
8- An Independent World
9- Between the Wars
10- Worldwide Responsibilities
11- World War II to the Present
Specifications Grid
Number of multiple-choice items by unit
1/ 0-2
2/ 2-4
3/ 4-6
4/ 4-6
5/ 1-3
6/ 4-6
7/ 4-6
8/ 2-4
9/ 2-6
10/ 2-6
11/ 2-6
The essay will be chosen from themes
in U.S. History
Themes the essay will be chosen from might include:
Foreign Policy
Developments in Transportation
Progressive reform
Westward expansion
Constitutional change
Civil rights
Supreme Court cases
Immigration
Womens’ Rights
Foreign Policy
Since 1900, United States foreign policy
actions have often been based on national selfinterest. These actions have had immediate
and long term results.
Identify two important U.S. foreign policy
actions since 1900 and for each:
Discuss the historical circumstances
surrounding the action
Discuss one immediate or long term result of
the action
Evaluate the extent to which the action
promoted the nation’s self-interest
Civil Rights
Developments in Transportation
During the 19th Century, the construction
of the Eric Canal and the transcontinental
railroad led to economic growth in the
United States.
Discuss how the Erie Canal led to the
economic growth of New York
Discuss how the Transcontinental Railroad
led to the economic growth of the United
States
Progressive Reform
Throughout the history of the United States,
individuals and groups of reformers have worked
to bring about social, political, and economic
change in the United States. During the late
1800s and early 1900s, many individuals and
groups were united in their belief that the
problems of society could be solved
Discuss two different goals of reformers in the
United States during the late 1800s and early
1900s
Describe two methods used by reformers to help
bring about change in society
Westward Expansion
After the Treaty of Paris in 1783 the United
States western boundary was the Mississippi
River. By 1850 the western boundary was the
Pacific Ocean.
Explain what was meant by manifest destiny
Discuss two separate examples of land
acquisition by the United States
Describe two effects these acquisitions had on
the environment or the people living in the west.
Constitutional Change
An important part of the United States
Constitution is its’ flexibility. It can be amended
to make it reflect the changes occurring in
society. There have only been 17 changes to the
United States Constitution since 1791
Identify and Discuss two examples of
constitutional change (amendments)
Discuss two ways these changes effected the
lives of United States citizens
Supreme Court Cases
Immigration
People have immigrated to America from many
other countries. They left their native lands for
many reasons. They were willing to face many
hardships to come ot America. During the years
from 1880 to 1920 more people came to
America than during any other time.
Explain the reasons people left their native
countries to immigrate to America
Discuss the hardships people were willing to
face to immigrate to America
Explain why ethnic, racial, and religious diversity
is so common in America
Womens’ Rights
Women have not had the same social,
economic, and political rights as men. The
struggle for womens’ rights is an important part
of United States history. Individuals, groups, and
historical events have heoped women in their
struggle for equality.
Discuss two ways in which women historically
have not had the same rights as men
Identify and discuss two individuals, groups,
and/or events that have helped women in their
struggle for equal rights
Other themes to consider as
possible essay topics.
1. Geographic Factors
2. Intellectual Life and Reform
3. Technology
4. Twentieth Century Problems
5. Tradition Versus Change
6. Economic Policies and Systems
7. Environmental Issues
Other themes to consider as
possible essay topics.
8. Factors of Production & Growth
9. Foreign Policies
10. Human Rights
11. Migration and Immigration
12. Individuals and Groups
13. Minorities
14. Diversity and Intolerance
15. Territorial Expansion
Documents to Review
The Declaration of Independence
a. July 4,1776
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. a list of grievances against King George
III of England
The Articles of Confederation
a. 1781-1789
b. John Dickinson
c. government formed to unite the
colonists against England during the
American Revolution
The Constitution
a. 1787proposed/1789 ratified
b. James Madison - Father of the
Constitution
c. George Washington - President of the
Convention
d. Bill of Rights added in 1791
Major Principles of the Constitution
1. Popular sovereignty-rule by the people
2. Limited government-government is best
which governs least
3. Checks and balances-no one branch of
government should become too powerful
4. Federalism or division of powersauthority should be shared by central,
state, and local governments but federal
law is supreme
5. Delegated powers- specific duties given to
Congress in Article I, Section 8
6. Implied or enumerated powers-the elastic
clause-hinted at in the necessary and
proper
clause-needed to carry out delegated
powers
7. Reserved or residual powers-given to the
states
8. Concurrent powers-shared by different
levels
of government
9. Judicial review-courts can decide if acts of
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How to organize your notes
Unwritten Constitution-based on custom or
practice
1. Cabinet-advisors to the President
2. Political parties-factions with opposing
viewpoints on how to interpret the
Constitution
3. 2 Term limit for presidents (until F.D.R.)
4. 9 Supreme Court justices
5. Judicial review-used by John Marshall and
continued
How to organize your notes
Structure of the Constitution-7 Articles
1. Legislative branch-Congress-makes
laws
2. Executive branch-President-enforces
laws
3. Judicial branch-interprets laws
4-7 Amending and ratification processes
plus the supremacy clause
Sample Document
Multiple Choice Questions
A major argument for American
independence found in the Declaration
of Independence was that the British:
1. stopped participating in the slave
trade
2. refused to sell products to Americans
3. deprived Americans of their natural
rights
4. censored American representatives in
Parliament
Sample Document
Multiple Choice Questions
The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution
states the purposes of government and
is based on the belief that:
1. the states have ultimate authority
2. members of Congress should be
appointed
3. Supreme Court justices should be
elected
4. the people are sovereign
Sample Document
Multiple Choice Questions
The necessary and proper clause, the
amendment process, and the unwritten
constitution are evidence that our
constitutional system of government
provides for:
1. popular sovereignty
2. equal representation
3. flexibility
4. ratification
Sample Document
Multiple Choice Questions
Anti-Federalist objections to the
ratification of the Constitution led to
the:
1. addition of the Bill of Rights
2. seven year delay in the ratification of
the Constitution
3. rewriting of major parts of the
Constitution
4. elimination of states’ rights
Geography-Unit One Topics
A. The Physical / Cultural Setting in
the Americas
B. Role/ Influence of Geography on
Historical/ Cultural
Development
C. Geographic Issues Today
D. Demographics
Geography
Multiple Choice Questions
Because of fertile land and a long
growing season, plantations in the
thirteen colonies developed in:
1. New England
2. the Middle Atlantic region
3. the South
4. the upper Mississippi River valley
Geography
Multiple Choice Questions
Which type of map shows the most
detailed information about Earth’s
natural features, such as rivers, lakes,
and mountain ranges?
1. political
2. demographic
3. weather
4. physical
Geography
Multiple Choice Questions
The term Manifest Destiny was first
used to support:
1. independence from Great Britain
2. westward expansion to the Pacific
Ocean
3. efforts to stop secession of Southern
states
4. laws restricting labor union activity
Geography
Multiple Choice Questions
Which group benefitted most from the
United States acquisition of the port of
New Orleans?
1. farmers in the Ohio River Valley
2. Native American Indians in the
Southwest
3. fur trappers in the Columbia River
Valley
4. gold miners in northern California
Industrialization-Unit Three Topics
A. The Reconstructed Nation
B. The Rise of American Business,
Industry, and Labor
C. Adjusting Society to
Industrialism:
American People and Places
Industrialization
Multiple Choice Questions
The term robber baron was used to
criticize the:
1. tactics of big business leaders
2. corruption of government officials
3. dishonesty of carpetbaggers
4. unskilled labor of illegal immigrants
Industrialization
Multiple Choice Questions
Which leader founded a vocational
training institution in the late 1900’s to
improve economic opportunities for
African-Americans?
1. George Washington Carver
2. Frederick Douglass
3. W.E.B. DuBois
4. Booker T. Washington
Industrialization
Multiple Choice Questions
The “new immigrants” to the U.S.
between 1890 and 1915 came primarily
from:
1. southern and eastern Europe
2. northern and western Europe
3. East Asia
4. Latin Americaw
Industrialization
Multiple Choice Questions
During the late 19th century, which
practices were used by employers
against workers?
1. boycotts and lockouts
2. picketing and walkouts
3. blacklists and yellow-dog contracts
4. mass rallies and sit-down strikes
Reform-Unit 4 Topics
A. Reform in America
B. America Reaching Out
Reform
Multiple Choice Questions
During the Progressive Era, muckrakers
published articles and novels primarily
to:
1. advance their own political careers
2. make Americans aware of problems in
society
3. help the federal government become
more efficient
4. provide entertainment for readers
Reform
Multiple Choice Questions
During World War I, many American
women helped gain support for the
suffrage movement by:
1. protesting against the war
2. joining the military service
3. lobbying for child care facilities
4. working in wartime industries
Reform
Multiple Choice Questions
Which reform idea was a common goal
of the Populists and the Progressives?
1. restoration of nation’s cities
2. expansion of opportunities for
immigrants
3. improvement in the status of AfricanAmericans
4. greater control of government by the
people
Reform
Multiple Choice Questions
Passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
and the Meat Inspection Act illustrated
the federal government’s commitment
to:
1. environmental conservation
2. workers’ rights
3. business competition
4. consumer protection
Reform
Multiple Choice Questions
Supporters of the graduated national
income tax argued that it was the
fairest type of tax because the:
1. rate of taxation was the same for all
persons
2. rate of taxation increased as incomes
rose
3. income tax provided the most
revenue
for the government
4. income tax replaced state and local
government taxes
1917-1940: Unit 5 Topics
A. War and Prosperity : 1917-1929
B. The Great Depression
1917-1940
Multiple Choice Questions
Which situation helped cause the stock
market crash of 1929?
1. excessive speculation and buying on
margin
2. unwillingness of people to invest in
new
industries
3. increased government spending
4. too much government regulation of
business
1917-1940
Multiple Choice Questions
The decision of the Supreme Court in
Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) upheld the
power
of the president during wartime to:
1. ban terrorists from entering the
country
2. limit a group’s civil liberties
3. stop mistreatment of resident legal
aliens
4. deport persons who work for enemy
nations
1917-1940
Multiple Choice Questions
A lasting effect of the New Deal has been
a belief that government should:
1. own the principal means of producing
goods and services
2. allow natural market forces to
determine
economic conditions
3. maintain a balanced federal budget
during hard economic times
4. assume responsibility for the wellbeing
of its citizens
1917-1940
Multiple Choice Questions
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s
can best be described as:
1. an organization created to help
promote
African-American businesses
2. a movement that sought to draw
people
back to the inner cities
3. a relief program to provide jobs for
minority workers
4. a period of great achievement by
African-
Global Crisis: Unit 6 Topics
A. Peace in Peril: 1933-1950
B. Peace With Problems: 19451960
Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions
Which foreign policy by President Harry
Truman is an example of the policy of
containment?
1. relieving General MacArthur of his
Korean command
2. recognizing the new nation of Israel
3. supporting the trials of war criminals
in Germany and Japan
4. providing military aid to Greece and
Turkey
Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions
Shortly after entering World War II, the
U.S. began the Manhattan Project to:
1. work on the development of an
atomic
bomb
2. increase economic production to meet
wartime demands
3. defend New York City against a
nuclear
attack
4. recruit men for the military services
Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions
The G.I. Bill affected American society
after World War II by:
1. eliminating child labor
2. expanding voting rights
3. increasing spending on space
exploration
4. extending educational and housing
opportunities
Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions
Convictions of war criminals by courts at
Tokyo and Nuremburg following World
War II showed that:
1. government officials and military
leaders
could be held accountable for their
actions
2. the United Nations accepted
responsibility
for international peacekeeping
3. the League of Nations could successfully
enforce international law
4. nations that start wars would be forced
1950 – Present: Unit 7 Topics
A. Toward a Postindustrial World: Living
in
a Global Age
B. Containment and Consensus: 19451960
C. Decade of Change: 1960’s
D. The Limits of Power: Turmoil at Home
and Abroad, 1965-1972
E. The Trend Toward Conservatism,
19721985
F Approaching the Next Century 1986
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
A major goal of President Lyndon
Johnson’s Great Society was to:
1. provide government aid to business
2. end poverty in the U.S.
3. conserve natural resources
4. stop emigration from Latin America
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
The main purpose of the War Powers Act
of 1973 was to:
1. expand the power of Congress to
declare war
2. limit the president’s ability to send
troops
into combat abroad
3. allow people to vote on the issue of
U.S.
commitments overseas
4. end the Vietnam War on favorable
terms
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
How were the presidential elections of
1876 and 2000 similar?
1. The winner of the popular vote lost
the
electoral vote.
2. Third party candidates did not affect
the outcome.
3. The outcome of the election was
decided by Congress.
4. The winner was decided by the
Supreme
Court
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
Which constitutional principle was
tested in the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson
and Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka?
1. separation of powers
2. popular sovereignty
3. equal protection of the law
4. separation of church and state
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
One responsibility of the Federal
Reserve System is to:
1. balance the federal budget
2. raise or lower income taxes
3. control the supply of money
4. regulate the stock market
Unit 7 Multiple Choice Questions
A major goal of the Republican Party
since the 1980’s has been to:
1. increase welfare benefits
2. increase the size of the federal
workforce
3. reduce defense spending
4. cut federal taxes
Supreme Court Cases
Marbury v. Madison-1803
McCulloch v. Maryland-1819
Gibbons v. Ogden-1824
Worcester v. Georgia-1832
Dred Scot v. Sanford-1857
Civil Rights Cases-1883
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R.R.v. Illinois1886
U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co.-1895
In Re Debs-1895
Plessy v. Ferguson-1896
Supreme Court Cases
Northern Securities Co. v. U.S.-1904
Lochner v. N.Y.-1905
Mueller v. Oregon-1908
Schenck v. U.S.-1919
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S.-1935
Korematsu v. U.S.-1944
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka1954
Watkins v. U.S.-1957
Mapp v. Ohio-1961
Baker v. Carr-1962
Engle v. Vitale- 1962
Gideon v. Wainwright- 1963
Supreme Court Cases
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.-1964
Miranda v. Arizona-1966
Tinker v. Des Moines-1969
N.Y. Times v. U.S.-1971
Roe v. Wade-1973
U.S. v. Nixon-1974
N.J. v. TLO-1985
Cruzan v. Director, Mo. Dept. of Health-1990
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa.et. al.
v. Casey-1992
Vernonia School District v. Acton-1995